Safety attachment for cars.



L. B. CASTANO.

SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR CARS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.919I8.

Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

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LOUIS B. CASTANO, OF CHAPARRA, CUBA. 4

SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR CARS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Louis B. CAs'rANo, a citizen of the Republic ofCuba, residing at Chaparra, Republic of Cuba, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Safety Attachments for Cars, of which thefollowing i is a specification.

This invention relates to a safety device for preventing the derailingof railway cars.

The primary object of the invention is to produce a device of thischaracter which may be readily attached to the axle of any ordinaryrailway car and which is so ar ranged with respect to the rail overwhich the car wheels travel as to engage and grip the said rails, shouldthe car be subject to a side or tilting movement, but which isaltogether out of engagement with the rail to permit of the free travelof the car thereover, under all normal conditions.

It is a further object of the invention to produce a device of thischaracter which shall be of an extremely simple nature, cheap tomanufacture, easily applied and thoroughly efiicient for the purposedevised.

Other objects and advantages will present themselves as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a si e elevation illustrating the application of theimprovement.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view approximately on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is'a sectional view approximately on the line 33 of Fig. 2,looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the improvement.

In the drawing, 5 designates a rail, 6 a car wheel designed to travelover the rail. The axle for the wheel 6 is indicated by the numeral 7and my improvement broadly by the numeral 8. The member 8 may beconstructed of some hard tough material, such as harveyized steel or thelike, and comprises two spaced sleeves 9 and 10 respectively which, ifdesired, may be in the nature of split members so as to facilitate thearrangement of the same upon the axle 7, or when the said sleeves aresolid, suitable binding elements may be passed therethrough to rigidlylock the same to the axle. The sleeve 9 is formed .upon the outer faceof the improvement, and this face comprises preferably three spacedarms, the inner arm being indicated by the numeral 11 and the outerSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 9, 1918.

Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

Serial No. 249,131.

arms by the numerals 12. The outer arms are inclined outwardly from theinner arm and from the sleeve, but the ends of the said outer arms arevertically straight, or in a line with the end of the inner arm 11.These arms, adjacent the outer. ends thereof are connected by webs 13,and each of the arms, upon its lower edge is provided with an inwardlyextending lug 14. The lugs 14:, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of thedrawing, are designed to be arranged below the tread of the rail 5, uponthe outer side of the said rail, but out of contact with both the headand the web of the rail.

The inner sleeve 10 is formed With a pair of outwardly extendingangularly disposed rod members 15, the same being arranged over the topof the rail '5 and connected to the outer arms 12 of the device.

It is, of-course, to be understood that my improvement is to be arrangedupon the opposite sides of the rails, that is, attached to each of theaxles, and as the lugs 14 are arranged in close proximity to the underface of the ball of the rails, it will be apparent that any lateral ortilting movement of the car will bring the said lugs into contact withthe under faces of the balls of the rails, and consequently, prevent thederailing of the car.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A. safety attachment for cars comprising a member including twospaced sleeves arranged upon the axle of the car to the opposite sidesof the wheel thereof, arms depending from the outer sleeve, inwardlyextending lugs on the arms arranged in the fish-plate space but out ofcontact with the rail on which the wheel travels, and connectingmeans'between the said arms and the inner sleeve.

2. In a safety device for railway cars, a member arranged upon the outerend of the car wheel axle and having a depending portion, the lower edgeof which being inturned to provide lugs, the said lugs being arranged inthe fish-plate space but out of contact with the rail on which the wheeltravels, an

inner member secured on the axle, and brace means between the said lnnermember and the outer member of the device.

3. A safety attachment for cars comprising two spaced sleeves eacharranged upon the axle of the wheel and one adjacent the outer face ofthe wheel, means for securing respect to the inner arms, whereby thesaidouter arms, adjacent the ends thereof, are spaced outwardly from thetread surface of the car wheel, ribs connecting the arms, said armshavingtheir ends provided with m-. turned lugs arranged in thefish-plate space,

ma am of the rail on which the wheel travels but out of contact with thesaid rail, and angularly disposed rod members formed with-the innersleeve and connecting the outer arms at points between the periphery ofthe wheel and the tread surface of the rail.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

LOUIS B. CASTANO.

